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IBBY Canada 2014 Annual Meeting of Members Table of Contents Table of Contents IBBY Canada 2014 Annual Meeting of Members Table of Contents Table of Contents ........................................................................................................................................ 1 President’s Report 2014 .............................................................................................................................. 2 (Acting) Past President’s Report 2014 ......................................................................................................... 6 2nd Vice President's Report for 2014 ........................................................................................................... 7 Membership Secretary’s Report 2014 ....................................................................................................... 10 Recording Secretary's Report 2014 ........................................................................................................... 12 Promotion Officer’s Report 2014 .............................................................................................................. 13 Newsletter Editor’s Report 2014 ............................................................................................................... 16 Website Chair Report 2014 ....................................................................................................................... 17 Alberta Chair Report 2014 ......................................................................................................................... 18 Councilor-West Report 2014 (NONE) ........................................................................................................ 19 Regional Councillor-East Report 2014 ....................................................................................................... 20 CANSCAIP Liaison’s Report 2014 ............................................................................................................... 21 Canadian Children’s Book Centre Liaison’s Report 2014 ........................................................................... 22 Rapport de la présidente du Prix Claude Aubry 2014 ................................................................................ 23 Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award 2014/Le Prix Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver pour le meilleur livre d'images Canadien 2014 ...................................................................................................... 24 Hans Christian Andersen Award Report 2014 ........................................................................................... 26 Treasurer’s Report 2014 ............................................................................................................................ 27 Operating Account Credits ................................................................................................................ 27 Operating Account Debits ................................................................................................................. 28 Treasurer’s Comments ...................................................................................................................... 28 IBBY Canada Slate of Officers 2015 ........................................................................................................... 30 1 President’s Report 2014 Shannon Babcock In the past year, IBBY Canada has been active both nationally and internationally. Nationally, our main project was the renewing of our bylaws and establishing continuance of the organiza- tion under the Canada Not For Profit Corporations Act. We also participated in the first ever Toronto International Bookfair, INSPIRE. Internationally, we participated in many IBBY programs awards including the Children in Crisis program for libraries in Gaza. We also sent a delegation to the IBBY Congress in Mexico City where the Children’s Book Bank, our IBBY Canada nomina- tion, won the international ASAHI reading award. Projects: Continuance of IBBY Canada as per the Canada Not for Profit Corporations Act. We had to go through the process of revising our by-laws and approving new Articles of Con- tinuance before the new Act came into effect at the end of October 2014. This was an involved and lengthy process, many thanks to Brenda Halliday and Theo Heras for taking this on. Joanne Fitzgerald Illustrator in Residence Program The second residence took place in Toronto last October, with increased numbers of partici- pants. A special thanks to all those who made this project such a success. Patricia Storms will be speaking about her experience as part of our meeting of members. INSPIRE Toronto International Book fair IBBY Canada hosted a workshop at the Book fair, featuring the IBBY Collection for Young People with Disabilities. In addition to the collection librarians Leigh and Sharon, the workshop also featured IBBY Executive Director Liz Page and collection founder Heidi Boisen, from Switzerland and Norway respectively. National Reading Program We continue to collaborate with the National Reading Program. The first “Reading Town Cana- da” was held in Moose Jaw Saskatchewan, in collaboration with Saskatchewan Festival of Words in May 2014. This year’s “Reading Town” is Charlottetown, PEI. Finances: Cleaver Award A revenue of $ $1980.00 resulted from the fees received from the publishers submitting books for this award. A total of 99 books were submitted from 34 publishers. Membership Levels Most membership levels showed a slight increase, for a total of 109 members overall. Russell Grant We were able to completely reimburse the Russell Grant account this year. Thanks to Yvette for being so diligent. Deirdre Baker chaired the committee again this year, with contributions from Joanne Findon and new councilor Lesley Clement on the jury. IBBY Canada IBBY Canada has a solid team of committed individuals dedicated to the cause of bringing young people and books together, as well as supporting and encouraging Canadian children’s literature. Canadian Awards: Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award The 2014 Cleaver Award was a real success, with 99 books submitted. Thanks to the Cleaver committee chaired by Theo Heras for their great work. Frances E. Russell Grant The recipient for the 2014 Frances E. Russell Grant for research will be announced at the 2015 Annual Meeting. Thanks to Deirdre Baker and her jury. Claude Aubry Award We received 12 nominations for the 2014 Claude Aubry Award, in both French and English. Thank you to Susane Duschesne who was able to chair and rally a good jury. Representatives: Communication Jeunesse At this time we do not have a Communication-jeunesse liaison. However, they continue to have our information on their website and collaborate as they did in the past. 3 WOTS Again this year we were part of WOTS in Halifax thanks to Jane who is such a good ambassador for IBBY in the Atlantic region. Jane reported that our involvement was also a success in Halifax. We also participated in WOTS in Toronto, with first-time councilor Lesley Clement helming the ship and doing a great job. International Awards: Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award IBBY Canada has nominated The Canadian Children’s Book Centre. The winner will be an- nounced March 31 2015 as part of the Bologna Children’s Book Fair. Outstanding Books for Children with Disabilities The move of the documentation centre now housed at the North York Central Branch of the Toronto Public Library has been very successful so far. Workshops and information sessions have been given at, (among others), OLA Superconference, INSPIRE International Bookfair, Ja- pan Foundation and there has been national media coverage by Quill and Quire, as well as the television network AMI. IBBY International News: Hans Christian Andersen Award The winners will be announced at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair in March 2016. IBBY Cana- da’s 2015 nominees are author Kenneth Oppel and illustrator Pierre Pratt. Thanks to Josiane Polidori and Stephanie Dror for their ongoing work on the preparation of the dossiers. Asahi Reading Promotion Award For the year 2014 IBBY Canada submitted the Children’s Book Bank, and in fact won the $10, 000 international award, sharing it with the PRAESA project in South Africa. Thanks to Merle Harris for her work on this project. IBBY Honour List The request for submissions for 2016 has just been distributed, we look forward to selecting and submitting our choices again. The IBBY Canada submissions for 2014 were honoured at the IBBY Congress in Mexico City last fall. A reminder of last year’s selection: English text: The Stamp collector by Jennifer Lanthier, Fitzhenry & Whiteside; French text: Mingan, mon village by Rogé, Éditions de la Bagnole; translation French to English: Harvey, by Helen Mixter from French text written by Hervé Bouchard, illustrated by Janice Nadeau Groundwood Books; illus- tration: Virginia Wolf illustrated by Isabelle Arseneault and written by Kyo Maclear, Kids Can Press; translation English to French: Les Maux d’Ambroise Bukowski,by Rachel Martinez from English text written by Susin Nielsen, Les Éditions de la Courte Échelle. 34th IBBY Congress in Mexico September 10-13 2014. “Reading as an inclusive experience” May everyone really mean everyone was the theme of last year’s Congress. IBBY Canada had a wonderful group of delegates, including two poster sessions as well as our IBBY Canada nomination winning the ASAHI Award. For more information please consult http://www.ibbycongress2014.org/ IBBY Children
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